Tokyo Metropolis residents first group
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Tomin First no Kai
都民ファーストの会 |
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| President | Kazuki Noda |
| Founded | 23 January 2017 |
| Headquarters | Toshima ward, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan |
| Ideology |
Localism Populism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Green |
| Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly |
55 / 127
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| Website | |
| tomin1st |
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Tomin First no Kai (Japanese: 都民ファーストの会 Hepburn: Tomin Fāsuto no Kai, Tokyo Citizens First Party, lit. "Metropolitan Citizens First Association") is a regional political party in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan.
The group was founded by Yuriko Koike, governor of Tokyo since 2016. On 31 May 2017, in advance of the upcoming local elections, she resigned from the Liberal Democratic Party, officially becoming the party's leader and forming an alliance with Komeito in an effort to secure a governing majority in Tokyo's parliament. On July 3rd, 2017, the alliance took a majority in the prefectural election, pushing out the Liberal Democratic Party with a combined 79 seats of the 127-seat assembly.
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